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Choir-On-The-Green @ Centernary Theatre 12 Dec 2025

Choir springs into action

Choir-on-the-Green will be performing on Saturday 28 March as part of Étoile Events’ Northchurch Spring Jazz at Northchurch Social Centre. The choir celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, performing songs ranging from Aretha Franklin’s Joy To The World to Mozart’s Lacrimosa. During the month leading up to Christmas, they sang at 14 gigs, raising some […]

ISL Awards with Frank Bruno

Call to support charity walkers

A five-day charity walk raising funds and awareness for mental health will pass through Tring and the surrounding area in March. The walk – a 71-mile challenge – is being undertaken by Dave Young, CEO of Independence Support Ltd (ISL), alongside Sean Young, ISL’s wellbeing coach. The route begins at Wembley Stadium on 23 March, […]

Herts New Police officers 5 March 2026

Team Herts welcomes new police officers

Another 16 new police officers are joining Hertfordshire Constabulary’s frontline teams following their graduation. On Thursday 5 March, Chief Constable Andy Prophet congratulated the latest cohort of officers to join Team Herts. He told them that they can look forward to a career where no two days are the same and where they will make […]

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Pink perfection from Strictly’s Amber Davies

The Living magazines team watched Legally Blonde: The Musical at Milton Keynes Theatre, which runs until Saturday 14 March. Legally Blonde: The Musical is a vibrant, feel-good production that captures the heart, humour, and high-energy spirit that fans of the show love. At the centre of the performance is Amber Davies, whose portrayal of Elle […]

Arthur Wand, 11

Arthur jumps onto GB gymnastics pathway

A young gymnast from Berkhamsted has achieved his dream of working alongside the GB men’s team. Arthur Wand, 11, has been selected for the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics GB Development Squad for 2026. Arthur, who is a pupil at Thomas Coram Church of England School, has been training since the age of five. He started at […]

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The Great Big Green Week – together for good

The Great Big Green Week (GBGW) is a UK-wide celebration of community action tackling climate change and protecting nature. Last year, 1.2 million people took part, and this year’s GBGW, running from 6-14 June, promises to be bigger and better than ever. There’s plenty going on in Berkhamsted and the surrounding area. Previous GBGWs have […]

Five ferrets playing with scented easter eggs (c) Whipsnade Zoo

Zoo-normous egg hunt at Whipsnade Zoo this Easter

Hop on down to Whipsnade Zoo this Easter for an enormous Easter egg hunt with a twist – families will be tasked with cracking a secret code to be rewarded with a tasty treat! From Saturday 28 March to Sunday 12 April, children and their grown-ups can join the search for six gigantic eggs hidden […]

Ukrainian families coming together in Berkhamsted

Ukrainian church community grows

Two Ukrainian families have established a thriving church community in Berkhamsted, offering displaced Ukrainians a place to worship, connect and rebuild their lives together. Founded by Yurii and Inna Mamus, Oleh Rohachuk and Vita Rohachuk, the Ukrainian church meets weekly and brings together more than 30 people from Berkhamsted and neighbouring villages. Hosted in partnership […]

Elephant Hawk-moth (c) Tom Hibbert

Gardeners encouraged to support caterpillars and celebrate moths

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust are urging people to support moths this year as they celebrate the 2,500 species found in the UK with the publication of a new Wild About Gardens Magical Moths guide. Moths are vital pollinators and an important indicator of environmental health, yet their numbers […]

Tring Spring FEASTival 2025

Tring Spring FEASTival set to return for a second year

The Tring Spring FEASTival will be returning to Tring Market Place from 13-15 March 2026. Hosted by Zoom Events, the FEASTival launched in 2025 with locals packing out the Market Square to enjoy a delicious mix of street food and live music across the weekend. Now returning for 2026 — and taking place over Mother’s […]

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Show honours inspiring wartime women

A tale of extraordinary women in wartime is one of the Hertfordshire Libraries’ Centenary events taking place at Tring Library in March. Louise Jordan as she uncovers the lives of inspiring secret agents of World War II. These extraordinary women showed courage, daring, ingenuity and sacrifice in a bid to defeat Nazi terror. were they […]

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Theatre with a sting in the tale

Naomi MacKay watched The Beekeeper of Aleppo, which runs until Saturday 7 March at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre. The Beekeeper of Aleppo – adapted from Christy Lefteri’s bestselling novel by Nesrin Alrefaai and Matthew Spangler – returns to the stage in a 2026 touring production that builds on its acclaimed 2023 world premiere at Nottingham Playhouse. […]